MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed with sources close to the event that verbal agreements are in place for the bout. Brazilian website Tatame first reported the pairing.

UFC 153 takes place Oct. 13 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The event’s main card, including a featherweight title bout between Jose Aldo and top contender Erik Koch, airs live on pay-per-view while preliminary-card fights air on FX.

It’s not yet known whether Gonzaga vs. Dos Santos is targeted for the event’s main card or prelims.

Dos Santos is perhaps best known to hardcore fans for a 2010 bout against Josh Barnett for the ill-fated Impact FC promotion. Barnett earned a first-round submission.

After that, things improved considerably for dos Santos, who once served as a sparring partner for Lyoto Machida. He went 16-2 on the Brazilian regional circuit with 10 wins by way of stoppage due to strikes. Overall, he’s won 23 pro bouts using his fists, and the bulk of his fights have ended in the first round.

Notably, dos Santos has defeated UFC vets Antonio Mendes and Assuerio Silva. He once fought current UFC champ Junior Dos Santos and lost by TKO in the first round due to a cut.

Gonzaga, meanwhile, comes into the fight at the start of a career resurgence. After going 3-5 with the UFC from 2007-10, he returned to the octagon in January at UFC 142, where he earned a first-round submission against Ednaldo Oliveira.

Gonzaga, of course, is still best known for the high kick he floored Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic with at UFC 70. That led to a shot at the heavyweight title against then-champ Randy Couture, who stopped him with a TKO at UFC 74.

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